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Frank McKnight, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of New Mexico, 1918 — 246 U.S. 653 · caselaw · US
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Frank McKnight, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of New Mexico
246 U.S. 653·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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Opinion
No. 228.
Frank McKnight, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of New Mexico.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico.
Argued March 20, 1918.
Decided March 25, 1918.
Mr. C. O. Thompson and Mr. William A. Dunn for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Harry L. Patton, for defendant in error, submitted.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of McCorquodale v. Texas, 211 U. S. 432, 437; Forbes v. State Council of Virginia, 216 U. S. 396, 399; St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. v. Shepherd, 240 U. S. 240, 241; Bilby v. Stewart, ante, 255.